This blog has nothing to do with gorillas (though I love 'em)...fellow bloggers have inspired me to share vintage images of Disneyland from my personal collection. But don't be surprised if you see something from a World's Fair, Knott's Berry Farm, or someplace else that is cool!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

I'm guessing that our photographer just disembarked from the Monorail, since the station is off screen to our left. The yellow Monorail is on its way back to Tomorrowland, but first passengers will enjoy a look at the vast parking lot. According to a rigorous study that I just made up, every person on board the Monorail spent at least a few seconds searching for their own car. In the history of the park, not one guest could actually see it from the highway in the sky. Note the candy-striped roof of the Anaheim jitney down below. ("Jitney" is the word of the day).

After an arduous walk downstairs, we are at eye-level with the tram. You can see many of the same folks that were visible from up above. It's very strange that there is not a woman to be seen. Maybe this was taken during a "He-man Woman-hater's Club" meeting (as immortalized in "The Little Rascals).

Great shot! Brings back some great kiddie "I can hardly believe we're almost there now" memories...

And not to pick nits, but that monorail has just come *from* the park - there's no driver's bubble on the visible end. It also crossed the middle of the parking lot on the way back to the hotel, and skirted the front of the park on the way in.

In the 1970s, when I was a kid growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, my dad would drive our family 2 hours up Hwy. 61 to Natchez, Mississippi, to see our grandparents. One of my very special memories is when "Mamie", my dad's mother and my grandmother, would take my brother and I to a local supermarket to get a toy ( from "The Toy Aisle" )... the name of the store was the "Jitney Jungle" - !!Sincerely, William CarrollDenham Springs, LAWLCDSLA@yahoo.com